Nigerian Air Force Strikes Bello Turji’s Camp, Eliminating Top Bandit Leaders

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) carried out airstrikes, resulting in the elimination of three prominent bandit leaders and numerous fighters in the camp of bandit leader Bello Turji in Kagara forest, Sokoto State.

The airstrikes were executed shortly after the terrorists launched a retaliatory assault on a Civilian Joint Task Force unit at Forward Operating Base Isa, following the elimination of seven bandits and the retrieval of seven AK-47 rifles, four motorcycles, and additional items.

Eight members of the Civilian Joint Task Force made the ultimate sacrifice in a firefight with the bandits.

However, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad Region, Zagazola Makama, said acting on intelligence on the withdrawal of the attackers towards the axis of Shinkafi, the air component immediately dispatched aircraft to track down the terrorists.

Sources said that the terrorists were trailed to Kagara Forest under a mango tree between Shinkafi and Isa.

Consequently, NAF aircraft attacked the camp in multiple waves, leading to the instant obliteration of scores of the terrorists.

The fleeing bandits were intercepted and mopped up by the ground troops in an ambush at Makwaruwa village in Sabon Birni of Isa LGA.

“Battle damage assessment indicated that some top bandits like KACHALLAH UBAN DABA, DAN JANGERU and DOGO NA HANTS where killed, while 13 bandits sustained various degrees of injuries. Bello Turji reportedly escaped the attack.”

Zagazola understands that the wounded bandits were sneaked into Kagara and are receiving treatment in a primary school.

The sources said that shortly after the encounter, the surviving angry fighters stormed Rijiya Malladan and Harin Shalla in Isa, where they set the villages in flames and destroyed food items.

However, they were repelled by the combined forces of Operation Hadarin Daji and government-supported militia, commonly referred to as Yan sa Kai.

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